Fountain-brush.



PATENTED DEC. 1, 1903.

J. T. LANGILL.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH.

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UNITED STATES Patented December I, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

FOUNTAIN-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 745,503, dated December 1, 1903.

Application filed April 3, 1903. Serial No. 150.909. model-l Tl) all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN T. LANGILL, a citizen of theUnited States,resid-ing at Ne'wYork, county of Kings, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain-Brushes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings accompanying and forming part of the same. I

My invention relates to brushes having a fountain or reservoir containing a supply of liquid pigment, and is particularly adapted for use with brushes for lettering parcels, boxes, crates, barrels, 850., for shipment. It 5 consists of the novel features and combinations hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 shows a convenient embodiment of my invention in 0 central longitudinal section, the protectingcap being placed over the adjusting thumbnut. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same, partly in section,the cap being placed over the brush, as when the instrumentis not in use.

The reservoir of my brush, preferably a cylindrical tube, is indicated by 1. At its lower end it is reduced or contracted to form a shoulder, as at 2. The other end is closed in any convenient manner, as by a screw-plug 3o 8. Through an opening in the latter extends 0 of using my channel or vent 7 in a rod 4, which is preferably secured by screwthreads or some other suitable construction. On the lower end of the rod is a plug or stopper 5, conforming to the contour of the re- 5 duced portion of the reservoir or barrel. In the present instance it is shown as a spherical ball. Secured therein in any suitable manner and projecting outwardis a brush 6.

From the device will be easily seen. The barrel being filled with pigment, the rod is withdrawn 2. short distance, thus carrying the plug or stopper away from the contracted end of the reservoir. Air entering through the the rod, which is opened by the withdrawal of the latter, permits the foregoing description the manner ink or pigment to flow evenly between the ball and the edge of the barrel over the former to the brush, thereby supplying the same with marking fluid; The device is then used as the ordinary brush, the supply of pigment being constantly maintained. The flow is of course readily regulated by adjusting therod. When the device is not in use, the plug is pressed firmly into the contracted end 'of the barrel, thus hermetically sealing the same at that point and closing the air-vent.

A cap 8 may be provided to cover the brush when not in use and to fit over the other end, inclosin g the knob 9 of the screw-rod when the latter has been adjusted for use.

The device specifically illustrated and described is of course typical merely of my invention, which is capable of many embodiments without departing from its proper scope.

\Vhat I claim is- In a fountain-brush, the combination with a tubular reservoir adapted to contain a liquid, having one end contracted to form a shoulder around an opening of less diameter than that of the reservoir, and a closure for the other end having a screw-threaded openin g therethrough, of a screw-threaded rod extending through the opening having an operating-knob on its outer end, a ball-valve carried by the rod on its inner end adapted to fit tightly in the opening in the reservoir against the shoulder, said ball-valve having aconicai opening diametrically therethrough a brush in the opening extending outward from the reservoir in line screw-plug in the inner end of the opening in the ball-valve adapted to bind the fibers of the brush securely in place, and having a screw-threaded socket engaging the rod, substantially as set forth.

JOHN T. LANGILL.

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